Publisher's Synopsis
This proceedings, ""Water Policy and Management: Solving the Problems"", contains papers presented at the 21st Annual Conference of ASCE's Water Resources Planning and Management Division held in Denver, Colorado, May 23-26, 1994. The conference theme, Water Policy and Management: Solving the Problems, identifies the challenges for water resource professionals into the next century as they work within the context of sustainable development. The subjects covered in the conference reflect the broad range of water resources issues from water supply and conservation to instream flow management. The papers in this proceedings outline potential solutions to critical water resources problems. Topics covered in this book are: western water issues; urban water supply and conservation; integration of reliability, uncertainty and optimization; reservoir management; instream flow management; water policy; groundwater modelling and management; education; computer-aided decision support systems; and geographic information systems.
